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Fiction Book Summaries

The Little Prince Summary
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1943 96 pages
4.33
2.2M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Childrens
The Crucible Summary
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller 1953 143 pages
3.61
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
The Master and Margarita Summary
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov 1967 372 pages
4.29
300k+ ratings
Russia
Fantasy
Russian Literature
Hello Beautiful Summary
Hello Beautiful
by Ann Napolitano 2023 416 pages
4.15
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Literary Fiction
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll 1871 239 pages
4.06
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Childrens
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages
3.83
73k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The Marrow Thieves Summary
The Marrow Thieves
by Cherie Dimaline 2017 234 pages
3.96
40k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Indigenous
Truly, Devious Summary
Truly, Devious
by Maureen Johnson 2018 416 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Mystery Thriller
Madame Bovary Summary
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert 1856 329 pages
3.70
300k+ ratings
Classics
France
Literature
Demon Copperhead Summary
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver 2022 560 pages
4.48
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The World According to Garp Summary
The World According to Garp
by John Irving 1978 610 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Contemporary
Bright Young Women Summary
Bright Young Women
by Jessica Knoll 2023 384 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Mystery
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Summary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018 289 pages
3.62
400k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mental Health
Hondo Summary
Hondo
by Louis L'Amour 1953 194 pages
4.06
13k+ ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
Here One Moment Summary
Here One Moment
by Liane Moriarty 2024 512 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Thriller
The Schopenhauer Cure Summary
The Schopenhauer Cure
by Irvin D. Yalom 2005 358 pages
4.28
28k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Novels
How to Read a Book Summary
How to Read a Book
by Monica Wood 2024 288 pages
4.27
19k+ ratings
Books About Books
Contemporary
Romance
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Summary
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
by Douglas Adams 1984 225 pages
4.09
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Fantasy
Pippi Longstocking Summary
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren 1945 160 pages
4.15
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Middle Grade
Heretics of Dune Summary
Heretics of Dune
by Frank Herbert 1984 669 pages
3.86
93k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Chapterhouse Summary
Chapterhouse
Dune
by Frank Herbert 1985 609 pages
3.88
76k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Good Girl Complex Summary
Good Girl Complex
by Elle Kennedy 2022 368 pages
3.58
100k+ ratings
Romance
Contemporary
New Adult
The Amityville Horror Summary
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson 1977 315 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Classics
The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
Elantris Summary
Elantris
by Brandon Sanderson 2005 638 pages
4.17
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
High Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
The Lost Symbol Summary
The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown 2009 509 pages
3.76
600k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Deception Point Summary
Deception Point
by Dan Brown 2001 556 pages
3.76
600k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Inferno Summary
Inferno
by Dan Brown 2013 463 pages
3.90
500k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Origin Summary
Origin
by Dan Brown 2017 482 pages
3.90
300k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Das Café am Rande der Welt Summary
Das Café am Rande der Welt
by John P. Strelecky 2003 128 pages
3.54
58k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne 2006 224 pages
4.16
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Never Never Summary
Never Never
by Colleen Hoover
3.81
100k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Adventures of Captain Underpants Summary
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
by Dav Pilkey 1997 125 pages
4.02
55k+ ratings
Childrens
Humor
Graphic Novels
Ready Player Two Summary
Ready Player Two
by Ernest Cline 2020 370 pages
3.43
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
The Taming of the Shrew Summary
The Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare & Illustrated
by William Shakespeare
3.75
100k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Memoirs of a Geisha Summary
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 1997 434 pages
4.16
2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Course of Love Summary
The Course of Love
by Alain de Botton 2016 240 pages
4.02
46k+ ratings
Philosophy
Romance
Psychology
Everything I Never Told You Summary
Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng 2014 297 pages
3.84
500k+ ratings
Contemporary
Mystery
Historical Fiction
A Time to Kill Summary
A Time to Kill
by John Grisham 1989 738 pages
4.12
800k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Persuasion Summary
Persuasion
by Jane Austen 1817 249 pages
4.15
700k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
The Journey to the West, Volume 1 Summary
The Journey to the West, Volume 1
by Wu Cheng'en 1592 544 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
China
The Color Purple Summary
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker 1982 295 pages
4.27
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Feminism
LGBT
Sophie’s World Summary
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages
3.97
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Novels
Triptych Summary
Triptych
by Karin Slaughter 2006 393 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Refugee Summary
Refugee
by Alan Gratz 2017 352 pages
4.38
74k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The Heart's Invisible Furies Summary
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne 2017 582 pages
4.51
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Ireland
Purple Hibiscus Summary
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2003 336 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Africa
Historical Fiction
Nigeria
Half of a Yellow Sun Summary
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2006 435 pages
4.34
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Nigeria
War
A Twisted Love Story Summary
A Twisted Love Story
by Samantha Downing 2023 390 pages
3.21
12k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Summary
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin 2022 401 pages
4.14
1.1M+ ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
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